Concert Tickets

• The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 978: The weird history of concert tickets, part 1

  A concert ticket should be a simple thing, right? It's anything but. In fact, few things are more frustrating to purchase than a concert ticket. And it's always been this way.

  Entertainment

  Mar 3, 2023
  
• A brief history of scalping concert tickets

  Selling an event ticket for more than its original face value isn't something that arrived with rock concerts. It's a problem as old as ancient Greece.

  Consumer

  Jan 22, 2023
  
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• OPP issue notice after Lucan Biddulph man conned buying concert tickets on social media

  Ontario Provincial Police say people purchasing items from someone online should conduct the meeting at a common area and should not pay for the items before seeing them.

  Crime

  Nov 24, 2022
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• Weekly survey: What are your thoughts on Ticketmaster’s “dynamic pricing” for concert tickets?

  You may have read the outrage about $5,000 concert tickets for Bruce Springsteen's 2023. However, there's more to what's going on that you may think.

  Entertainment

  Aug 15, 2022
• In defence of Ticketmaster’s ‘dynamic pricing’ model for concert tickets

  Alan Cross admits that it isn't a popular stance, but he's ready to defend Ticketmaster and its 'dynamic pricing' practices. Before you open fire, hear him out.

  Entertainment

  Aug 14, 2022
• Weekly survey: How much is too much for a concert ticket?

  It's not your imagination. Concert ticket prices are way up this summer. But going to shows is based on discretionary income. How high are you willing to go?

  Entertainment

  Jul 18, 2022
• Weekly survey: Should we go back to paper concert tickets?

  Thousands of people were caught with digital concert tickets they couldn't access this past Friday because of the big Rogers outage. Is it time to go back to paper tickets?

  Entertainment

  Jul 11, 2022
• Roughrider games, concerts, games, gyms to get more expensive with Sask. gov’t adding sales tax

  Expect to pay more for admission and entertainment charges for concerts and large sporting events as the Sask. Party introduces PST in the 2022-23 budget.

  Politics

  Mar 23, 2022
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• Buying event tickets? Concertgoer warns about her experience on ticket resale site

  A Calgary music fan is warning others to make sure they know what site they're buying concert tickets from after she was shocked by what she calls hidden charges.

  Consumer

  Mar 9, 2022
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• What’s the most you’d spend for a concert ticket?

  Here's something we haven't talked about since before the pandemic: Sky-high prices for concert tickets on the secondary resale market.

  Entertainment

  Nov 1, 2021